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4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the start instruction is an instruction issued by a predetermined operation of a user on a user interface screen of the communication apparatus.
5. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the processing of controlling such that the start instruction is not accepted is one of processing of graying out a button used to accept the predetermined operation and processing of inhibiting display of the button used to accept the predetermined operation.
6. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the start instruction is an instruction transmitted from the information processing apparatus to the communication apparatus.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined processing is processing of controlling such that the communication apparatus cannot execute the at least part of communication, and the communication apparatus can execute communication other than the at least part of communication, via the connection between the communication apparatus and the information processing apparatus without interposing the access point.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the communication other than the at least part of communication includes communication to change a setting of the communication apparatus.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the communication to change the setting of the communication apparatus includes communication to change a setting to enable or disable the connection with the access point by the predetermined authentication method.
10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the communication other than the at least part of communication includes communication with an application program that performs authentication with the communication apparatus.
11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the at least part of communication includes communication with an application program that does not perform authentication with the communication apparatus.
12. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a stop unit configured to stop the operation in the predetermined mode if an operation for the connection between the communication apparatus and the access point using the predetermined authentication method is performed in a state in which the operation in the predetermined mode is being executed.
13. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein if an operation for the connection between the communication apparatus and the access point without using the predetermined authentication method is performed in a state in which the operation in the predetermined mode is being executed, the connection between the communication apparatus and the access point is established without stopping the operation in the predetermined mode.
14. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined authentication method is an authentication method defined by IEEE802.1X/EAP.
15. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication method that is not the predetermined authentication method is a Personal method.
16. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication method that is not the predetermined authentication method is one of a Pre Shared Key (PSK) method and a Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE) method.
17. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication apparatus is a printer.
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November 28, 2023
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